The Drowning Pool
Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wants their property. Poor Harper! Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared.
Year: 1975
Studio: First Artists, Coleytown, The Turman-Foster Company, David Foster Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Murray Hamilton, Gail Strickland, Melanie Griffith
Crew: Stuart Rosenberg (Director), Tracy Keenan Wynn (Screenplay), Lorenzo Semple Jr. (Screenplay), Walter Hill (Screenplay), Ross Macdonald (Novel), Donald Brooks (Wardrobe Designer)
Runtime: 109 minutes
Release: Jul 18, 1975
IMDb: 6.30/10 by 131 users
Popularity: 2
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 2
Revenue: 2
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